volt
/voʊlt/noun
volt is spelled V-O-L-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “vault vs volt” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, volt means “In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of volt is volts.
How many letters and syllables are in volt?
| Letters | 4: V-O-L-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is volt?
Volt appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce volt?
- UK /vəʊlt/
- UK /vɒlt/
- US /voʊlt/
Volt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-volt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with volt
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with volt?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as volt from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of volt
- volts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- volting participle, present
- volted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does volt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
- 2
A bright yellow-green colour often used in Nike products.
- 3
volt
- 4
archaicA circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
- 5
archaicA sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.
noun
- 1
The pan-European party Volt Europa.
verb
- 1
archaicTo perform this movement.
- 2
archaicTo perform this movement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Volt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of measure:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does volt come from?
Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).